Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-21
THE NATIONAL GAME.
A Review Of the League Base Bal
Season just Brought to
Close.
The Worlds Championship Series Be.
tween the Detroit and st.
Louis Clubs.
[cH1cAGo CORRESPONDENCE

The present week will close the League
baseball season of 1857, and looking back
over the months that have passed since
April rs, the season shows one of the most
remarkable contests upon record in the
history of baseball. Although it has moi
won the pennant, Chicago has played ball
this season which can only call forth the
admiration and appreciation of every lover
OF the national game in this country. TAX
ing his new and comparatively untried ma
terial in hand when the season opened,
Capt. Arson, in the face of predicted de-
feat upon the part of several of Chicago S
influential daily papers, which seemed
greatly exercised over the release
Of Kelly, Dalrymple, Mccormick,
ell al, marshaled his forces, ultimately led
them on to what-until bad weather in
augurated the series of disasters which the
trip-seemed certain victory in this years
pennant race. The first few weeks Of the
season were disastrous. The men had had
but little training and were unacquainted
with each others style of play. AS re-
suit there was noticeable weakness in
point of team work. Arson knew his ma
terial, however, and once he got it
we'll in hand the result was magical.
Washington, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,
New York and Boston were each passed in
turn, and when Detroit had begun to fancy
itself secure in first position the crack of
the White Stockings bats began to sound
eminously in the ears of the Wolverines.
Had not the bad weather which tho team
encountered at Boston and Pittsburgh
broken the triumphal march of Anson's
mon there is an even chance that Chicago,
and not Detroit, would have led the teams
y,la No ,,1o
their last tour of the Eastern cities in the
circuit.
FOR THE WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP.
Interest now centers to a great extent in
the worlds championship games which
have been arranged between the Detroit
and st. Louis clubs, as the winners Of the
pennants in their respective organizations.
AS originally intended, the series was to
consist of fifteen games, to be played as
follows:
At st. Louis Monday, Oct 10; Chicago, Tues
day, Oct. IL: Detroit, Wednesday, Oct y; Pitts
burg, Thursday. oct Ii Philadelphia Friday,
Get II League grounds; Brooklyn, Saturday,
Oat. i; Philadelphia, Monday, Oct. II Assoc
citation groundsl Boston, Tuesday, Oct. Is;
Thursday, Oct 20; Washington, Friday, Oct.
2l Brooklyn. Saturday, Oct. %; Cincinnati,
Monday, Oct 81; Louisville, Tuesday, Oct 2j
st, Louis, Wednesday, Oct. 70 SHOULD there be
tiel.
Owing to recent occurrences, however. it
is very likely that the lanes scheduled for
one or two of the principal cities nance
will not be played rs scheduled. The
winning of the League Championship
seems to have turned the heads of the De-
tro.t Club management, and that there has
been some woefully poor Judgment exer-
cised by some one connected with the COM
mittee Of arrangements is very evident from
the middle which Messrs. Won der Abe
and Stearns, the Presidents Of the two clubs,
have gotten themselves ir.) President
Day, of the New York T.ub, holds a con-
tract BY which the e,.bs agree to play on